Aldus / Adobe Persuasion

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3 total messages Started by Ben Lovejoy Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:00

#2229

Author: Ben Lovejoy
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:00

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Forgive the off-topic post, but no luck in sales/wanted areas, and folk in
here tend to be excellent sources of obscure assistance ...

I'm trying to get hold of a copy of Persuasion. This is a Powerpoint-type
package originally made by Aldus and later bought by Adobe. Unfortunately,
the package has been discontinued (despite v4 having only been launched a
few months ago), presumably blown out of the water by Powerpoint being part
of MS Office.

Aldus doesn't have any stock, nor does Adobe, nor does MacWarehouse,
MacEssentials or any of the smaller dealers I've tried.

Version 3 is ideally what I'm after.

Why do I need it? Powerpoint is useless for use with a projector, offering
no real layering facility - it's fine for text-only slides, but not for
ones with graphics.

Does anyone have a copy they no longer need? If so, do you want to convert
it to beer vouchers?

Ben

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Re: Aldus / Adobe Persuasion

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Author: Vernon Quaintance
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 00:00

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Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Forgive the off-topic post, but no luck in sales/wanted areas, and folk in
> here tend to be excellent sources of obscure assistance ...
> 
> I'm trying to get hold of a copy of Persuasion. This is a Powerpoint-type
> package originally made by Aldus and later bought by Adobe. Unfortunately,
> the package has been discontinued (despite v4 having only been launched a
> few months ago), presumably blown out of the water by Powerpoint being part
> of MS Office.
> 
> Aldus doesn't have any stock, nor does Adobe, nor does MacWarehouse,
> MacEssentials or any of the smaller dealers I've tried.
> 
> Version 3 is ideally what I'm after.
> 
> Why do I need it? Powerpoint is useless for use with a projector, offering
> no real layering facility - it's fine for text-only slides, but not for
> ones with graphics.
> 
> Does anyone have a copy they no longer need? If so, do you want to convert
> it to beer vouchers?
> 
> Ben

MacLine have Adobe Persuasion in their current catalogue (Version 3 is
shown in the illustration).  It is priced at �195 + vat.  Their phone
number is (0181) 401 1111.

Past experience is that they have nearly everything in stock as they are
wholesalers as well as retailers.

Vernon

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vernon@dircon.co.uk

Re: Aldus / Adobe Persuasion

#2251

Author: Ben Lovejoy
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 00:00

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vernon@dircon.co.uk (Vernon Quaintance) wrote:

>MacLine have Adobe Persuasion in their current catalogue (Version 3 is
>shown in the illustration).  It is priced at �195 + vat.  Their phone
>number is (0181) 401 1111.
>
>Past experience is that they have nearly everything in stock as they are
>wholesalers as well as retailers.

Thanks, I'll try them, but both MacWarehouse and MacEssentials had it in
the catalogue and not in stock - they sent back their copies when it was
discontinued. I'll cross my fingers for MacLine, though.

Ben

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